Cluster analysis as a mode of inquiry: Its use in science and technology policymaking in North Carolina

European Planning Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-24

  Feser, Edward J ^a   Luger, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL POLICY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037219539     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310303664     Document Type: Article

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